--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ HOSTCC ?= $(CC)
 DEFINES += -D_GNU_SOURCE
 # Turn on transparent support for LFS
 DEFINES += -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE
-CCOPTS = -O2
+CCOPTS = -O2 $(EXTRA_CCOPTS)
 WFLAGS := -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes  -Wmissing-prototypes
 WFLAGS += -Wmissing-declarations -Wold-style-definition -Wformat=2
 
